Trump says Minnesota won’t cooperate with ICE. State officials and courts disagree.
As federal officials escalate rhetoric after deadly encounters, Minnesota’s actual immigration practices look very different
President Donald Trump and his top officials have repeatedly complained that Minnesota state and local leaders will not cooperate with his administration’s immigration enforcement.
On Jan. 25, the day after federal immigration agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Trump called on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other Democrats “to formally cooperate with the Trump Administration to enforce our Nation’s Laws, rather than resist and stoke the flames of Division, Chaos, and Violence.”
Administration officials say that Minnesota won’t turn over immigrants in detention to federal law enforcement.
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